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Ladino Phrasebook - Travel Guide Ladino phrasebook - Travel Guide http://wiki.travel.com/en/Ladino_phrasebook TRAVEL.COM ® Flights Hotels Cars Packages Tours & Activities Guides Reviewers Community Forums Ladino phrasebook From wiki.travel.com wiki.travel.com Ladino ( Djudezmo or Judeo-Espanyol ) is a Jewish language spoken by the Sephardic Jews. It is also spoken by the minor Jewish communities in Turkey, Israel, Netherlands, Greece and the United States. For the most of its speakers, today, Ladino is the second language. A Western Romance language, Ladino is closely related to and mutually intelligible with the Spanish. However, there are many loan words from Hebrew, Portuguese, Arabic, and Turkish. Pronunciation Guide Ladino spelling, as Spanish does, has the pleasant characteristic of being very phonetic, with only a few clearly-defined exceptions. This means that if you know how to pronounce the letters of a word, it's relatively easy to sound out the word itself. Vowels a like 'a' in "father". e like 'e' in "met", although often taught as 'a' in "spain". i like 'ee' in "see". o like 'o' in "score", especially when stressed. u 1 of 6 5/21/2014 2:07 PM Ladino phrasebook - Travel Guide http://wiki.travel.com/en/Ladino_phrasebook like 'oo' in "hoop". y like 'ee' in "see". Very rarely used at the middle or ending of words. Consonants b like 'b' in "bed" c follows the same pronunciation pattern as in English. In most cases it is pronounced like 'k' in "kid": calle, doctor . When followed by 'e' or 'i', it is like 's' in "supper" (Latin America) or 'th' in "thin" (Spain): cine . ch like 'ch' in "touch": muncho d like 'd' in "dog" dj like 'j' in John. Djudezmo f like 'f' in "fine": faro g like 'g' in "good": ganyar h like 'h' in "hit": haham j like 'j' in the French name Jean k like 'k' in "kid": kilo l like 'l' in "love": lápiz m like 'm' in "mother": mano n like 'n' in "nice": noche, ancla p like 'p' in "pig": Pesah r is pronunced as 'r' in Turkish, most often rolled very lightly s like 'ss' in "hiss": sopa sh like 'sh' in "shining": yanashear t like 't' in "top": Tora v like 'v' in "valad" (but no aspiration). y like 'y' in "yes": yuvyar . z 2 of 6 5/21/2014 2:07 PM Ladino phrasebook - Travel Guide http://wiki.travel.com/en/Ladino_phrasebook like 'z' in "zoo" Accents and stress Phrase list Basics Hello/Hi Shalom ( Shah-lom ) Have a good day Buen dya ( keh PAH-seh un BWEHN DEE-ah ) How are you? ( informal ) Ke haber? ( KEH HA-bear ) How are you? ( formal ) Komo esta? ( KOH-mo ehss-TAH? ) Fine, thank you Muy bien, grasyas. ( MOOEY BYEHN, GRAH-syahss ) What is your name? ( informal ) Komo te yamas? ( KOH-moh TEH YAH-mahss? ) What is your name? ( formal ) Komo se yama? ( KOH-moh SEH YAH-mah ) Who are you? ( informal ) Ken eres? ( KEN EH-rehss? ) My name is ______ Me yamo ______ ( MEH YAH-moh _____ ) I am ______ Yo soy ______ ( YO SOY ______ ) Nice to meet you Enkantado/a ( ehn-kahn-TAH-doh /ehn-kahn-TAH-dah ) It's a pleasure to meet you Muncho plezir. ( MOO-choh pleh-zeer ) Please Por favor ( POHR fah-vOHR ) Thank you Grasyas ( GRAH-syahss ) You're welcome De nada ( DEH NAH-dhah ) Yes Sí ( SEE ) No No ( NOH ) Excuse me! ( begging pardon ) Pardon! ( pahr-DOHN ) I'm sorry Lo siento ( LOH SYEHN-toh ) Goodbye Adio ( ah-DYOH ) 3 of 6 5/21/2014 2:07 PM Ladino phrasebook - Travel Guide http://wiki.travel.com/en/Ladino_phrasebook I can't speak Ladino(well) No avlo (byen) ladino. ( NOH Av-loh (BYEHN) la-dee-noh) Do you speak English? (informal) Avlas inglez? ( AH-vlahss een-GLEHZ? ) Do you speak English? (formal) Avlates inglez? ( AH-blah-tes oos-TEHD een-GLEHZ? ) Is there someone here who speaks English? Ay alguno ke avla inglez? ( I AHL-goo-noh KEH AH-Vlah een-GLEHZ? ) Help! Ayuda! ( ah-YOO-dah! ) Good morning Buenos dyas ( BWEH-nohss DEE-ahss ) Good afternoon / Good evening Buenas tardes ( BWEH-nahss TAR-dehss ) Good evening / Good night Buenas noches ( BWEH-nahss NOH-chehss ) I don't understand No entiendo ( NOH ehn-TYEHN-doh ) Where is the toilet? Ande esta el banyo? ( AHN-deh ehss-TAH EHL BAH-nyoh? ) Problems Leave me alone. Deshame en paz. ( DEH-shah-meh ehn PAHS ) Don't touch me! No me tokes! ( noh meh TOH-kehs! ) Police! Polis! ( poh-lees! ) Numbers Left: Yiddish similar Ladino - Right: Modern Ladino. ½ - methet ( Spanish "medio" + Hebrew "hetsi" ) / medd 0 - cerofash ( Spanish "cero" + Hebrew "efes" ) / ceram 1 - unatkash ( Spanish "un" + Hebrew "ahat" ) / on 2 - dostum ( Spanish "dos" + Hebrew "shtayim" ) / dans 3 - trisloh ( Spanish "tres" + Hebrew "shalosh" ) / treh 4 - cuatrbah ( Spanish "cuatro" + Hebrew "arba" ) / cuetru 5 - cinhemesh ( Spanish "cinco" + Hebrew "hamesh" ) / cinneh 6 - sehasi ( Spanish "seis" + Hebrew "shesh" ) / ses 4 of 6 5/21/2014 2:07 PM Ladino phrasebook - Travel Guide http://wiki.travel.com/en/Ladino_phrasebook 7 - sitseh ( Spanish "siete" + Hebrew "shewa" ) / sittim 8 - oshomoneh ( Spanish "ocho" + Hebrew "shmoneh" ) / ossu 9 - nuwateseh ( Spanish "nuewe" + Hebrew "tesha" ) / nu 10 - disher ( Spanish "diez" + Hebrew "eser" ) / diz 11 - onatdasrah ( Spanish "once" + Hebrew "ahatesreh" ) / onno 12 - dochassasreh ( Spanish "doce" + Hebrew "shtayimesreh" ) / danno 15 - dicenhamesrah ( Spanish "diez+cinco" ) + Hebrew "hamesreh" ) / dicin 20 - wentashim ( Spanish "veinte" + Hebrew "esrim" ) / vet 25 - wentashimmwecnamesh ( Spanish "veinticinco" + Hebrew "esrim vehamesh" ) / vetcinneh 50 - cintkhomeshim ( Spanish "cincuenta" + Hebrew "hameshim" ) / cinnenz 60 - sessehim ( Spanish "sessenta" + Hebrew "sheeshim" ) / sesanz 100 - cemah ( Spanish "cien" + Hebrew "meyah" ) / con 200 - dokhamtayim ( Spanish "doscientos" + Hebrew "matayim" ) / dancun 500 - kuensamsot ( Spanish "quinhentos" + Hebrew "hameshmeot" ) / cinhentun 1000 - millef ( Spanish "mil" + Hebrew "elef" ) / mul 2000 - dosmilshalef ( Spanish "dosmil" + Hebrew "shtayimelef?" ) / danmal 5000 - cinmilhameshlef ( Spanish "cincomil" ) + Hebrew "hameshelef?" ) / cinnimal --- A list of contributors (http://wikitravel.org/wiki/en/index.php?title=Ladino_phrasebook&action=credits) is available at the original article (http://wikitravel.org/en/Ladino_phrasebook) on Wikitravel. Additional modifications may have been made by users at TRAVEL.COM [1] (http://www.travel.com) . Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License (http://en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_3.0_Unported_License) ; additional terms may apply. Retrieved from "http://wiki.travel.com/en/Ladino_phrasebook" Categories: Outline articles | Phrasebooks 5 of 6 5/21/2014 2:07 PM Ladino phrasebook - Travel Guide http://wiki.travel.com/en/Ladino_phrasebook Main Page | Random Page | Special Pages Africa | Asia | Caribbean | Central America | Europe Middle East | North America | Oceania | South America | Other Destinations Copyright TRAVEL.COM ® - All Rights Reserved. St. Louis Online (tm) is a trademark of TRAVEL.COM. Usage of this website constitutes acceptance of the TRAVEL.COM User Agreement and Privacy Policy: About | Contact | User Agreement | Privacy Policy 6 of 6 5/21/2014 2:07 PM Judaeo-Spanish 1 Judaeo-Spanish Not to be confused with the Ladin language spoken in Northern Italy. Judaeo-Spanish Ladino • Judeo-Espanyol • Espanyol • Judesmo • Judio • Ladino • Jaquetía The Rashi script, originally used to write the language [1] Pronunciation [dʒuˈðeo espaˈɲol] Native to Israel, Turkey, USA, France, Greece, Brazil, UK, Morocco, Bulgaria, Italy and others Ethnicity Sephardim and Sabbateans [2] Native speakers unknown (112,130 cited 1985) Language family Indo-European • Italic • Romance • Western • Gallo-Iberian • Ibero-Romance • West Iberian • Spanish • Judaeo-Spanish Dialects Haketia; Levantine (Occidental and Oriental dialects); Ponentine Writing system mainly Latin; originally Rashi and Solitreo; also Arabic, Cyrillic, Greek and Hebrew Official status Regulated by Autoridad Nasionala del Ladino in Israel Language codes ISO 639-2 lad ISO 639-3 lad [3] Linguist list lad Linguasphere 51-AAB-ba ... 51-AAB-bd ,גֿודֿיאו-איספאנייול :Judaeo-Spanish (also Judeo-Spanish; Judaeo-Spanish: Judeo-Espanyol, Hebrew script Cyrillic: Ђудео-Еспањол), commonly referred to as Ladino, is a Romance language derived from Old Spanish. Originally spoken in the former territories of the Ottoman Empire (the Balkans, Turkey, the Middle East, and North Africa) as well as in France, Italy, Kingdom of the Netherlands, Morocco, and the UK, today it is spoken mainly by Sephardic minorities in more than 30 countries, most of the speakers residing in Israel. Although it has no official Judaeo-Spanish 2 status in any country, it has been acknowledged as a minority language in Israel, Turkey and France. The core vocabulary of Judaeo-Spanish is Old Spanish and it has numerous elements from all the old Romance languages of the Iberian Peninsula, such as Aragonese, Astur-Leonese, Catalan, Galician-Portuguese, and Mozarabic. The language has been further enriched by Ottoman Turkish and Semitic vocabulary, such as Hebrew, Aramaic, and Arabic, especially in the domains of religion, law and spirituality and most of the vocabulary for new and modern concepts has been adopted through French and Italian. Furthermore the language is influenced to a lesser degree by other local languages of the Balkans as well, such as Greek, Bulgarian and Serbo-Croatian. Historically, the Rashi script and its cursive form Solitreo have been the main orthographies for writing Judaeo-Spanish. However today, it is mainly written with the Latin alphabet, though some other alphabets, such as Hebrew and Cyrillic are still in use. Judaeo-Spanish is also locally known by many different names, major ones being: Espanyol, Judio (or Jidio), Judesmo, Ladino, Sefaradi and Haketia. In Israel, the language is called Spanyolit, Espanyolit and Ladino. In Turkey and formerly in the Ottoman Empire, the language has been traditionally called Yahudice, meaning the Jewish language. Judaeo-Spanish, once the trade language of the Adriatic Sea, the Balkans and the Middle-East and renowned for its rich literature especially in Thessaloniki, today is under serious threat of extinction. Most native speakers are elderly and the language is not transmitted to their children or grandchildren for various reasons.
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